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SUBMITTER: Darris CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4432510 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC genomics 20150507
<h4>Background</h4>Guinea fowl (Numidia meleagris) production as an alternative source of meat and poultry has shown potential for economic viability. However, there has been little progress in characterizing the transcriptome of the guinea fowl. In this study RNA-sequencing and de novo transcriptome assembly of several Guinea fowl tissues (pancreas, hypothalamus, liver, bone marrow and bursa) which play key roles in regulating feed intake, satiety, and immune function was performed using Illumi ...[more]